{"id":726579,"date":"2026-06-10T03:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T03:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/726579\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T03:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T03:06:12","slug":"aja-wilson-blows-past-incredible-wnba-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/726579\/","title":{"rendered":"A’ja Wilson blows past incredible WNBA milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who is the best women\u2019s basketball<\/a> player in the world and face of the WNBA?<\/p>\n

If your answer isn\u2019t A\u2019ja Wilson<\/a>, you\u2019re wrong. I\u2019m sorry if that sounds rude. But I\u2019m a journalist, and journalists are bound by the truth.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

Wilson is the reigning WNBA MVP \u2014 the only four-time MVP in league history \u2014\u00a0WNBA Finals MVP, and Defensive Player of the Year. She collected those awards en route to leading the Las Vegas<\/a> Aces to their third championship in four years. She\u2019s the only player in WNBA history to check all four of those boxes in a single season.<\/p>\n

Eleven games into the 2026 WNBA season, Wilson has found even more boxes to check. Most recently, the 2018 No. 1 overall pick became<\/a> the fastest (278 games) and youngest (29 years old) to eclipse 6,000 career points in \u2014 stop if you\u2019ve heard this before \u2014\u00a0WNBA history.<\/p>\n

Wilson posted 34 points on 10-for-19 shooting, 12 rebounds, nine assists, and three blocks in the Aces\u2019 101-91 win over the Seattle Storm<\/a> on Monday. It marked her fourth straight game with a double-double.<\/p>\n

\"LASLAS VEGAS, NEVADA \u2013 JUNE 08: A\u2019ja Wilson #22 of the Las Vegas Aces<\/a> gestures after hitting a 3-pointer against the Seattle Storm in the third quarter of their game at Michelob ULTRA Arena on June 08, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Aces defeated the Storm 101-91. (Photo by Ethan Miller\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\u201cYou gotta do things on days that you may not be feeling great,\u201d Wilson said<\/a> after the game. \u201cYou still gotta show up and be great. I remember in our huddle today, I was like, \u2018Hey, it\u2019s a great day to be great!\u2019 to my team. We gotta show up everyday ready to play, and I think you saw that today. To pass that list of greats, I\u2019m blessed, I\u2019m honored, but I still got a lot more work to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

It was less than a year ago that Wilson scored her 5,000th career point <\/a>against the Connecticut Sun<\/a> on June 25. She only needed 238 games to hit that mark.<\/p>\n

But, as Wilson alluded to, she doesn\u2019t care about what\u2019s done.<\/p>\n

Currently, she\u2019s the WNBA\u2019s leading scorer (25.9 points per game) and blocker (2.4) and is on the precipice of averaging a double-double if she can bump up her 9.6 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n

The Aces are 8-3, good for second behind the Minnesota Lynx<\/a> in the overall standings. Las Vegas and Minnesota are tied at 3-0 atop the Western Conference standings in the WNBA Commissioner\u2019s Cup, but Minnesota has the edge on point differential.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

Wilson and the Aces will next visit the Portland Fire<\/a> on Thursday, June 11, before hosting the Lynx on Saturday, June 13.<\/p>\n

Related Articles<\/p>\n

Start your unlimited Newsweek trial<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who is the best women\u2019s basketball player in the world and face of the WNBA? If your answer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":726580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[4662,49,48,3458,1483,3460,736,104252,1611,82,630,15457,36516],"class_list":["post-726579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-aja-wilson","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-connecticut-sun","tag-las-vegas","tag-las-vegas-aces","tag-minnesota-lynx","tag-portland-fire","tag-seattle-storm","tag-sports","tag-wnba","tag-wnba-finals","tag-wnba-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}